25th Annual City-Wide Easter Egg Hunt — begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at Otis M. Andrews Sports Complex, 2602 E. Cherry Street. Children ages 3 to 11 can hunt for 10,000 eggs. Hunters should bring his or her own Easter basket. For more, visit plantcitygov.com/index.aspx?nid=685. 74th Annual Marie B. Ellis Community Easter Egg […]
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PHOTO GALLERY: Church on the Rock Redneck Reality
Church on the Rock hosted its first Redneck Reality event April 12, on the church grounds. Attendees dined on treats, such as popcorn, sno-cones and cotton candy, as well as a catered barbecue lunch by First Choice Souther Bar-B-Que. Guests also tried their hand at a plethora of outdoor carnival games and enjoyed live music […]
Continue ReadingPlant City pastor plans tent revival
The Rev. John M. Epps is no stranger to old fashion tent revivals. He’s been doing them for 25 years all over the world. His latest one will take place April 14 to 19 — right here in Plant City. “You draw a lot of people off the streets who normally wouldn’t be pulled into […]
Continue ReadingLESSONS FROM THE FIELD: Take time to hear life’s simple sounds
The morning is cool, and the sounds of the day begin. These are not the usual sounds of trucks, buses and the multiplicity of car horns barking, “MOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!” The sounds I am referring to are the ones that come from the agricultural building at the Florida Strawberry Festival fairgrounds. The roosters that awaken the […]
Continue ReadingFull Gospel Tabernacle plans tent revival
An old-fashioned tent revival will take place at 7:30 p.m. April 14 to 19, at 2916 James L. Redman Parkway. The revival will be hosted by Full Gospel Tabernacle of Plant City and will feature the Rev. Tommy Hampton, of the General Assembly Pentecostal Church, in Tampa; the Rev. Hank Furr, of LightHouse Revival Center, […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Something far greater
“God will never give you more than you can handle!” The woman before me proudly proclaimed this truism with great confidence, knowing that her wisdom had been derived directly from the Bible. One problem: It’s not in the Bible. More than that, I would submit it is contradictory to the Bible, and, I would suggest, […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Lent: ‘Spring Cleaning’ for Christians
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” — Isaiah 43: 18-19 On March 5, the Christian church began her Lenten […]
Continue ReadingPleasant Grove church construction now underway
For 10 years, the congregation at Pleasant Grove Assembly of God off Turkey Creek Road has been displaced. Its members have been holding services in a fellowship hall, which seats about 100 people. In that time, they all dreamed of a new place in which to worship. That dream is finally coming true. The foundation […]
Continue ReadingChurch to host Pysansky egg workshop
Natalie Brennan still remembers making Pysanky eggs when she was a little girl with her paternal grandmother, Anna Michaluk. Anna had emigrated from Ukraine in the early 1900s and brought with her the tradition of creating colorfully designed eggs. Now, more than 50 years later, Brennan still is practicing the folk art, which is also […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: A ticket to grace
A month ago, I was feeling sorry for myself, because I was wrongly accused of parking illegally in a town I had never visited. It’s never fun to have to pay a fine when you’re innocent. The $40 fine was not that big a deal, but I had an impassioned desire to stand on the […]
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